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Junk Email

On 23rd February, the General Assembly of the State of Virginia adopted a statute against unsolicited e-mail advertising, commonly known as junk mail or spam. Sending junk mail has become a contravention in Virginia, liable to a fine of $ 500. Mail that causes damage in excess of $ 2,500 to an individual user is now a misdemeanour. The statute ...

Yahoo! Inc. v. Yahoo-Israel

On 1st July 1998 the District Court of Tel Aviv awarded the force of a judgment to an understanding reached in the first Israeli dispute relating to domain names (CF 615/98, MA 6529/96). In the understanding, Yahoo Israel undertook to stop using the name "Yahoo" within 24 hours and to transfer to Yahoo! Inc. all the rights in the domain ...

Internet Privacy

At this very moment (January - February 1999) events are highlighting the Internet’s sensitivity to privacy. US privacy protection organisations (like http://www.epic.org) have declared a boycott on the giant Intel (http://www.intel.com), having announced that its new processor, the Pentium III, will include an individual processor serial number (PSN). The number will make it possible to identify the ...

The Internet and Copyright in Music

The music industry is busy formulating its policy with regard to the enforcement of copyright on the Internet. The problems essentially rest with two main branches of the industry - the recording branch and those involved in the protection of copyright - although it would appear that the main concern lies with the Performers' Rights Society and its overseas equivalents. ...

The New Code Order

Under Israeli law, means of encryption have to date been treated in all respects in the same way as weapons. This is prescribed in the Control of Commodities and Services (Weapons and Security Know-How) Declaration, 5747-1986. This Declaration combines with the Control of Exports (Weapons and Military Know-How) Order, 5737-1977, according to which "means of encryption" constitute weapons, the ...

Digital Money (Part 1)

The total virtualisation of payments finds striking expression in digital money. These are bits of data, representing money, which are purchased for consideration from an issuer and stored on the computer's hard drive or in an electronic wallet. Legally, digital cash constitutes the issuer's obligation to convert it into legal tender when the electronic bits are returned to it.

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